Technical Product Owner

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Barclays as a Product Owner in Knutsford, where you will play a crucial role in shaping product strategies and delivering innovative solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Leverage your technical understanding and leadership skills to drive success and ensure alignment with the bank's strategic roadmap.

Qualifications

• Experience in understanding technology for effective communication.
• Adept at critical thinking and problem-solving during development.
• Strong stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and technical teams to enact product vision.
• Support the development and implementation of product strategies.
• Monitor product performance and identify optimisation opportunities.

Skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Job description

Join us at Barclays as a Product Owner, where you’ll collaborate closely with fellow product owners and cross-functional technical teams to bring our product vision to life. You’ll leverage your deep understanding of the bank’s technologies to drive the delivery of innovative solutions aligned with our strategic roadmap.

To be successful as a Product Owner you should have experience with:

• Understanding of technology: Product owners need a solid understanding of the technologies involved in their product, allowing them to effectively communicate with developers and make informed decisions about technical feasibility and requirements.
• Critical thinking & Problem-solving: Product owners should be adept at identifying and resolving issues that arise during the development process.
• Communication skills: Strong communication skills are essential for effectively conveying the product vision, gathering feedback from stakeholders, and collaborating with the development team.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Stakeholder management: Ability to manage relationships with various stakeholders, including clients, customers, and internal teams, ensuring everyone is aligned and engaged.
• Conflict resolution: Ability to handle disagreements and conflicts that may arise during development.
• Adaptability and flexibility: Must be able to adapt to changing priorities and requirements, and be flexible in their approach to product development.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank’s technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap.

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable, and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meet the bank's performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, with performance appraisals and reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to an excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, and identify new directions for assignments or projects, incorporating cross-functional methodologies.
• Consult on complex issues, providing advice to support issue resolution.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop policies/procedures supporting control and governance.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls related to work.
• Perform work related to other areas, understanding how they coordinate to achieve organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with other areas to stay aligned with business activity and strategy.
• Engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information effectively.
• Influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and embody the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.